diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a65b417..3063f07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 lib
+node_modules
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ae4836..99e7e45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     "testEnvironment": "node",
     "rootDir": "./src"
   },
+  "keywords": [
+    "heroku-plugin"
+  ],
   "license": "ISC",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/commands/duration.js b/src/commands/duration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ca8b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/duration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// @flow
+
+import Command from 'cli-engine-command'
+import Duration from '../mixins/duration'
+
+export default class extends Command {
+  static topic = 'cli'
+  static command = 'duration'
+  static description = 'this is an example command showing duration parsing'
+
+  duration = new Duration(this)
+
+  run () {
+    this.log(`duration: ${this.duration.toString()}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/dynorestart.js b/src/commands/dynorestart.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35a69d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/dynorestart.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// @flow
+
+import Command from 'cli-engine-command'
+import { default as Duration, FLAG as DurationFlag } from '../mixins/duration'
+
+export default class extends Command {
+  static topic = 'cli'
+  static command = 'dynorestart'
+  static description = 'this is an example command showing duration parsing. It takes five seconds to complete.'
+  static flags = [
+    DurationFlag
+  ]
+
+  async sleep (ms: number) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)) }
+
+  duration = new Duration(this)
+
+  run () {
+    console.log('Restarting dynos. This will take five seconds. That is too long')
+    return Promise.race([this.duration.wait(), this.main()])
+  }
+
+  async main () {
+    await this.sleep(5000)
+    console.log('Done restarting dynos')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 143f283..c1d60f3 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 
 export const topics = [
-  {name: 'cli', description: 'example CLI engine topic'}
+  {
+    name: 'cli',
+    description: 'example CLI engine topic'
+  }
 ]
 
-import CLI from './commands/cli'
-export const commands = [CLI]
+export const commands = [
+  require('./commands/cli'),
+  require('./commands/dynorestart')
+]
diff --git a/src/mixins/duration.js b/src/mixins/duration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73b8b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mixins/duration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// @flow
+
+import type Command from 'cli-engine-command'
+
+export const FLAG = {
+  name: 'duration',
+  description: 'a duration',
+  required: true,
+  hasValue: true
+}
+
+export default class Duration {
+  cmd: Command
+
+  constructor (cmd: Command) {
+    this.cmd = cmd
+  }
+
+  parse (arg: string) {
+    let result = arg.match(/^(\d+) ?(ms|[sm]|milliseconds?|seconds?|minutes?)$/)
+    if (result) {
+      let magnitude = parseInt(result[1])
+      let unit = result[2]
+      let multiplier = 1
+      switch (unit) {
+        case 'ms':
+        case 'millisecond':
+        case 'milliseconds':
+          multiplier = 1
+          break
+        case 's':
+        case 'second':
+        case 'seconds':
+          multiplier = 1000
+          break
+        case 'm':
+        case 'minute':
+        case 'minutes':
+          multiplier = 1000 * 60
+          break
+        default:
+      }
+      return magnitude * multiplier
+    }
+  }
+
+  async sleep (ms: number) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)) }
+
+  async wait () {
+    let ms = this.parse(this.cmd.flags.duration) || 5000
+    let resolved = await this.sleep(ms)
+    console.log('operation did not complete in provided duration')
+    return resolved
+  }
+
+  get duration (): number {
+    let duration = this.parse(this.cmd.flags.duration)
+    return Number(duration)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1f71bc4..0cdf3cd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ cli-cursor@^1.0.1:
   dependencies:
     restore-cursor "^1.0.1"
 
+
 cli-engine-command@^2.1.4:
   version "2.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-engine-command/-/cli-engine-command-2.1.4.tgz#54a4196968a1a58b43084aa323b6045aadf2ba5f"
@@ -590,6 +591,7 @@ cli-engine-command@^2.1.4:
     string "^3.3.3"
     supports-color "^3.2.3"
 
+
 cli-width@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-width/-/cli-width-2.1.0.tgz#b234ca209b29ef66fc518d9b98d5847b00edf00a"